I’m dejected. I hate FOXNews but I hate MSNBC even more. MSNBC makes me ashamed to be a Democrat. A couple years ago democrats rallied against FOXNews. We hated what it stood for, not so much that it was conservative but that it was politics pretending to be journalism. A partisan news station is what I expect from the other side. Seeing my guys stoop to the level of FOXNews is really disappointing. Chris Matthews posed the question awhile back “Why does the President bash cable-news, why doesn’t he just point out FOX, why does he have to group the rest of us in there?” Well Chris you guys are just as bad, that’s why. You can’t get much more partisan than the elitist snobby liberals Howard Fineman, Eugene Robinson, and Joan Walsh. Well I guess you can. Keith Olberman. omfg. A democrat wins the Presidency and Olberman goes on a power trip. He laughs when a guest calls Carrie Prejean a Bimbo, a “byatch”, and a “dingdong.” Same guest tries to be funny and says Prejean cut their “penis off and had a sex change operation.” And then invites the guest back again. Real classy there Keith. Did you put Musto on the World’s Worst? And every Friday the most talked about story in the country is………. Thurber? WTF!?!? Hell, Thurber is the LEAST talked about story. But hey, who am I to complain? Reading popular classics isn’t my cup of tea. Speaking of which joining the Tea Party on FOXNews sounds WAY more exciting than listening to god damn Thurber. I don’t care whether it’s Palin reading the Bible or Olberman reading Thurber, ex-sports reporters reading book is like watching librarians play sports. So I don’t get what MSNBC is trying to do. If they’re trying to be an organization of unbiased journalism they’re doing a terrible job. Their shows are boring and repetitive. The only thing I can gather is that they’re trying to balance out FOXNews. Well if they’re trying to do that they’re doing a terrible job on that too. Why on earth would the Democratic-mouthpiece have an Alpha Dog Republican on like Joe Scarborough and surround him with insecure Democrats. Not only that but they give him a hot girlfriend to sit beside. Joe Scarborough is in the power seat and he looks super cool and he’s a god damn Republican. MSNBC will be the moutpiece of democrats from 4-11pm but will make a Republican look super cool from 6-9am. It makes no sense. Don’t get me wrong I like Morning Joe. And Hardball. But that’s cause they’re the only two shows not made in the image of FOXNews. Note to CNN: Bring Crossfire back and put it on at 8pm, you’ll crush the other stations.
So yeah.. the News has let America down. They messed up in the Bush/Gore election. They messed up after 9-11. They messed up on the Patriot Act. They messed up on the Iraq War. Instead they spend 10 hours in a day focusing on Bubble Boy. They fuel divisiveness with town-halls and mosque debates. They don’t do much investigative reporting anymore. How are mechanics ripping people off nowadays? What do the meat packaging plants look like? Instead they spend time on the jail sentence Bubble Boy’s dad got. I have no idea what’s going on in Africa. Where’s the money trails? Where are all the injustices in the world? Instead they spend time announcing the new reality TV show that Bubble Boy’s family is getting.
Over the course of many years, people have disappointed. The government disappointed from MMS’s failure to secure a faulty mine and properly oversee drilling rigs. From letting Anthrax get stolen by an employee and scaring the country even more after 9-11. To royally fucking up hundreds of graves of our brave soldiers at Arlington. Big Business and Wall Street have let us down from Enron to WorldCom to crashing the economy and watching retirement plans disappear. Then permanently firing 100 employees just to combine their salary and give it to one CEO for one year. Trying to make the quick bucks by day trading with Austrian economic philosophy instead of investing in companies long term, like the way it was meant to be.
So you know what I say to that intrusive government, ruthless businesses, apathetic white collared, and ego-centric media? Well first I’m like “Bring it on.” But after a little bit of thought it’s more like “You win, I’ll be your sheep.” But then the numbing solace of gloom kicks in. Then my soul reboots and I’m like “let’s roll.”. But then I grow apathetic and I just shrug it off eventually like all the other crap in life I notice lol. how’s that for brief brutally honest introspective-ness o_O
